Senator Hyde-Smith, a cattle farmer and the former Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, understands the importance of the state’s $7.5 billion agricultural and forestry industries. As a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, the Senator will work on legislation, programs, and policies to allow agriculture and related industries to grow in Mississippi and the nation.
The Senator’s record includes protecting private property rights against eminent domain abuses, helping to open foreign markets for Mississippi agricultural products, and supporting country-of-origin labeling.
(March 19 to August 15, 2025, the USDA Farm Service Agency is issuing up to $10 billion in direct payments to eligible agricultural producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program. Senator Hyde-Smith fought to get this assistance enacted in December 2024. These one-time economic assistance payments will help eligible commodity producers in Mississippi mitigate the impacts of increased input costs and falling commodity prices. Learn more: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/ecap)
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES START OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FARMERS & RANCHERS
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES START OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR FARMERS & RANCHERS
Senator Encourages Mississippi Producers Harmed by Disasters in 2023 & 2024 to Apply
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) today welcomed the implementation of a U.S. Department of Agriculture program to begin distributing $16 billion in assistance to farmers and ranchers in Mississippi and around the nation who experienced losses in recent years due to natural disasters.
Hyde-Smith, who...
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ PASSAGE
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON TRUMP’S ‘ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT’ PASSAGE
Senate Approves Massive Tax and Spending Cuts, Along with Major Border, Defense, and Agriculture Investments
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on Senate Passage of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement following her vote for Senate passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR.1), the budget reconciliation vehicle for expanding...
HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’
HYDE-SMITH GOES TO BAT FOR MSU FISH INNOVATION LAB, OMB DIRECTOR SAYS FUNDING ‘PROTECTED’
Appropriations Committee Conducts Hearing to Review White House Funding Rescissions Package
VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Defends MSU Fish Innovation Lab as Good Use of Taxpayer Funding.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today won assurances that funding to continue the work of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish at Mississippi State University would be protected as the...
Trump Administration Announced $12 Billion Aid Package For U.S. Farmers
American Ag Network
Trump Administration Announced $12 Billion Aid Package For U.S. Farmers
By Jesse Allen
(Washington, DC) — On Monday, President Donald Trump announced a long rumored aid package for U.S. farmers totaling $12 billion.
“This relief will provide much needed certainty to farmers...
Mississippi federal delegation unites in effort to protect state’s agriculture, forestry exports from EU regulations
Magnolia Tribune
Mississippi federal delegation unites in effort to protect state’s agriculture, forestry exports from EU regulations
The new regulations are expected to negatively impact producers by installing barriers to the state’s exports.
By Jeremy Pittari
Mississippi’s federal delegation...
PRUDENTIAL REGULATION—Republican senators stress need for tailoring of Basel III, GSIB Surcharge proposals
Vital Law
PRUDENTIAL REGULATION—Republican senators stress need for tailoring of Basel III, GSIB Surcharge proposals
By Colleen M. Svelnis, J.D.
The senators asked the regulatory agencies to reevaluate its proposals with an approach that takes into consideration the farmers, ranchers, and energy...